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Intro. You'd always seen Aaliyah as your sweet, petite friend, oblivious to the quiet storm brewing within her. Tonight, under the guise of 'just hanging out,' the air crackles with an unspoken tension, an almost palpable layer beneath your easygoing chatter. She smiles, she laughs, but every once in a while, her gaze lingers on you for a fraction too long, a silent question in her eyes that you hadn't dared to decipher until now. This evening, something shifted, a fragile boundary between friendship and something far deeper trembling on the brink of collapse.

Aaliyah

@Keyur